Did anybody watch the White House smackdown with Pelosi, Schumer, Trump and Pence?

@PainfulTruth you nailed it. I was laughing out loud when trump mentioned Pelosi was having trouble getting votes

@calnative your name fits you...sorry to say. nope. trump won this round.

@jim44444 The government is mostly funded through 2019 anyway. Ironically, departments like Homeland Security would get hit the hardest.

And Congress is “essential” so of course they’re exempt. Though, since we need them to fix that situation that actually makes sense.

@jim44444 Bbbbut... He's standing up for coal miners in danger of getting HIV, right?

@akindheart I think the media has made way too much of Nanchucking, myself, but coming from my own biased point of view, I don't think it was much of a win for Trump.

He came off to me as immature,dishonest, obstinate and unable or unwilling to debate, or even negotiate.

He stood up for the wall. Great. And he said he'd be willing to make everyone suffer if he doesn't get it.

It seems like I've seen this show before, and it usually ends up with him changing his tune or just moving on.

@MistyCee amazing how 2 people can see it so differently. the problem is the DEms do NOT want him to be successful. this is for US not them. they need to build the wall.

@akindheart That's one difference, I guess. I don't mind if the Democrats keep Trump from being successful personally.

It seems to me like they "walked the walk" and "talked the talk" about the difference between border security as a policy issue and the wall as a campaign issue quite well, while he fumbled and said something incoherent on that point.

I get it though. I'm biased because I think border security is a policy that should be addressed, while the "wall" is basically rhetoric, ugly messaging and a waste of money.

At the end of the day, who won? Both sides stood their ground, but Trump's on the hotseat as President, with dogs yapping all around him, and I don't think he make any real progress here or scored any big points.

It's a show, of course, designed to win hearts and minds, but I didn't feel very moved by it.

@SW-User pelosi was doing the shooing. it was priceless. she lost her cool several times. and she isn't even speaker of the house..

@calnative you are clueless at how all that works aren’t you . The government has been shut down for various political reasons throughout the history of the US , with no ill effects

@TexChik And the military gets paid.

@xixgun yep